Mid-South Conference
    FRANKFORT, Ky. - Three University of Rio Grande standouts were named to the All-Mid-South Conference volleyball team prior to the league's postseason tournament last weekend.
    Junior libero Lauren Raines (Albany, OH), junior outside hitter Whitney Smith (Albany, OH) and junior middle blocker Erin Sherman (South Webster, OH) represented the RedStorm on the squad.
    Rio Grande finished its season 21-15 after a semifinal round loss to eventual tourney champion Lindsey Wilson.
    Raines was also named as an academic all-conference honoree along with teammates Nicole Ogg and Kelsey Martin (Jackson, OH), both of whom are sophomore defensive specialists. Honorees must be at least a sophomore and have a 3.25 and above grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
    Campbellsville University's Shannon Cahill was named Player of the Year, as voted on by the conference's coaches.
    Joining Cahill as award recipients were Georgetown College's Allyson Wilbourn and St. Catharine College's Charlotte Jewell who were named the MSC Freshmen of the Year.
    St. Catharine coach Adam Stevenson was named Coach of the Year and University of the Cumberlands' Kelsey Dew was selected as the Champions of Character recipient.
    Cahill ranked in the conference's top-10 in three difference statistical categories, including kills (328), kills per set (2.9) and attacking percentage (.248) during the season. The Louisville, Ky., senior outside hitter earned MSC Volleyball Player of the Week and MSC Hitter of the Week twice during the regular season.
    Wilbourn and Jewell each provided outstanding play during their first collegiate season to earn top freshmen honors.
    Wilbourn amassed a .304 attacking percentage with 293 kills during the season while Jewell averaged 7.8 assists per set and led the conference with 75 service aces during the season.
    Dew earned the volleyball champions of character award for demonstrating civic and servant leadership within the campus and community. The conference's athletics directors vote on the award.
    Stevenson led the Patriots to 25 wins during the regular season after winning just six matches in 2010. St. Catharine enters the tournament with a 25-9 record.
    Raines, Smith, Sherman, Cahill, Jewell and Wilbourn were joined on the first team by eight other standouts as voted on by the conference coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players.
    The all-conference team also includes Campbellsville's Genevieve Collette; University of the Cumberlands' Chelsea Hendrix; Georgetown's Elizabeth Goodin; Lindsey Wilson College's Sarah Anderson, Taylor Hayne, Kirsten King and Andrea Taylor; and Shawnee State University's Kirsti Yates.
    Fourteen student-athletes earned MSC Honorable Mention honors. The group was comprised of Campbellsville's Monica Chernichan, Laura DeGear, Samantha James and Audrey Sanders; Cumberlands' Mariah Gray and Stacey Sebald; Georgetown's Rachel Eubanks, Caraline Maher and Lindsey Wise; Lindsey Wilson's Kayla Koerber; Shawnee State's Hannah Gephart and Alex Pohl; St. Catharine's Allie Southard; and UVa.-Wise's Mikaela Anders.
    The remainder of the academic all-conference team included Campbellsville's Collette, James, Caitlin Dresing and Lexis Lloyd; Cumberlands' Dew, Gray, Hendrix, Alana Abbott, Abigail Dundon, Kelsey Eastham, Cassandra Kalman and Megan Schulte; Georgetown's Goodin, Kelsey Luckett, Caitlyn Kogge and Rebekah Moore; Lindsey Wilson's Koerber, Taylor, Rachael Anderson, Alyssa Cuthbert, Emily Meeks and Angela Mlachnik; University of Pikeville's Shelbi White and Allisandra Ward; Shawnee State's Carly Mazza, Jessica Winkelman and Liz Miller; St. Catharine's Mandy Gray and Shauna Stone; UVa.-Wise's Anders, Lindsey Burke, Courtney Coe, Robyn Dougherty and Megan Funk; and West Virginia University Tech's Kylie Whitney.
    The final awards of the night were awarded to the MSC East and West Division team champions.
    Lindsey Wilson captured the East with a 12-2 conference mark while the Rio Grande won the East with a 6-5 league record.